Scott Fitzgerald has admitted to fans that he was involved in a brawl with a traveller after worrying images emerged appearing to show him asleep on a pavement outside a pub.
Images arose on social media on Thursday evening showing the man on the floor, with many putting two and two together and concluded the image featured Fitzgerald due to the man's appearance and apparent location.
The British super-welterweight has fought a much publicised battle with mental health and drug addiction, with the images prompting concern about his state of well-being.
However, while he admitted to being involved in a brawl, he played down concerns regarding his health.
"I mean stop kicking up a fuss guys. I had an exhausting day haha no lie I'd had a 10/15 min straightener with an absolute rabbit of a Southpaw Traveller half hour before on Ashton Park," he said on Facebook.
"I'm sorry to worry my Dad and Mum but that is the only thing I'm sorry for. I took a bloody nap outside my beloved Wheatsheaf. Everything is going to be ok you squirrels."
However, his comments seem to contradict what his trainer Jimmy Moon told the Lancashire Post on Friday, as he said:
"He needs help but he needs to want that help. We have tried helping him, taking him away, but he has got to want to be helped.
"The main thing for us before he can start training again is that he's got to be clean and living the right lifestyle. But it's not happening yet. We just try to keep talking to him and helping him."
Fitzgerald is currently 15-0 in his career, which included a fine win in 2019 against fellow Brit Anthony Taylor, but has fought just once in the past two-years.
